last night i did not sleep long. i woke up after about 2 hours and stayed awake till dawn. when the first bird began sing, i rose along with Was and there was a cool breeze and the day was dawning in some glorious colorful way. but i felt sad. a sadness that seemed to have no reason and a sadness that seemed to stay with me most of the day like a stray cloud, shadowing my thoughts. i don't normally feel sad, i feel it coming and i shake it off quickly. but i am thinking how moods ripple and grow, starting with a whisper i suppose and building through some sort of echo. maybe i was sleeping when it started and didn't hear its warning.
the birth of dots was what i stitched on today. it seemed to fit the mood. i tried to add some more dimension to the movement of the dots. they are stitched over a drawing, and worked around the flocked dot in the sheer fabric. i used a freezer paper stencil for a guide to stitch some lines to define some underlying circle. now i am quilting the border, something cloudy in motion. and i have renamed this one sadness. something small, soft and light and sometimes difficult to define. this one is about a very important kind of listening.
